MASSIVE SECURITY BREACH reveals credit card data: TJ Maxx, Marshalls, etc.

The TJX Companies, a large retailer that operates more than 2,000 retail stores under brands such as Bob’s Stores, HomeGoods, Marshalls, T.J. Maxx and A.J. Wright, said on Wednesday that it suffered a massive computer breach on a portion of its network that handles credit card, debit card, check and merchandise transactions in the US, Canada, and..

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Full Featured Computer - Smaller than a Credit Card

In this space, they somehow manage to fit in an Intel XScale chip running Windows CE or Linux, half a gig of flash, 128MB of RAM, AC’97 sound and a Philips 802.11b wireless interface, as well as some things you wouldn’t find on a PDA, such as a PCI bus, 4 USB host ports and wired networking.

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Mythbusters: What would really happen if you put a bull in a china shop?

The Mythbusters set up a makeshift china shop in a corral to see if the myth will hold up.

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Want to hear sexy women moan your IP?

Text is boring! But sexy women moaning your IP is hot! A new twist on an old concept. It's fun, but practical! You get your IP in a sexy way.

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VISA To Push RFID Credit Cards

VISA plans to incorporate RFID tags into Credit Cards so that "consumers need only wave credit and debit cards within a few inches of a reader to complete a purchase. And for purchases of less than $25, no signature is required." VISA claims their system is very secure...we shall see.RFID is very insecure for this purpose. Anyone with proper equipment can properly boost your tag from 10 feet or more away. I highly recommend not getting on of these, and if you do or are forced too, find a wallet that is designed to block the frequencies associated with RFID.World record for bluetooth sniping is over a mile, where both devices emit a signal. RFID only emits a signal when is hit by a energy source (it has no internally battery, and basically resonates with the incoming energy, so to get information, the station you swipe in front off, emits a fregency and listens to the RFID's tags unique response.)So to get a card's tag, all you need to do is assemble a palm sized device that emits that apporiate signiature at a amplified signal, and has a directional attenna to pick up the faint reply.

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MASSIVE SECURITY BREACH reveals credit card data: TJ Maxx, Marshalls, etc.

The TJX Companies, a large retailer that operates more than 2,000 retail stores under brands such as Bob’s Stores, HomeGoods, Marshalls, T.J. Maxx and A.J. Wright, said on Wednesday that it suffered a massive computer breach on a portion of its network that handles credit card, debit card, check and merchandise transactions in the US, Canada, and..

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Southwest Airlines Offers PayPal As A Payment Option

DALLAS (AP)--Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) is letting travelers buy their plane tickets with PayPal, the electronic-payment system owned by eBay Inc. (EBAY).Southwest said Tuesday that customers buying tickets on its Web site can use debit and credit cards or bank accounts linked to their PayPal account.

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Cybercrime: Flourishes in Online Hacker Forums

Want proof? Just visit any of a dozen or so thriving cybercrime forums, websites that mirror the services of Amazon.com and the efficiencies of eBay. Criminal buyers and sellers convene at these virtual emporiums to wheel and deal in all things related to cyberattacks — and in the fruit of cyberintrusions: pilfered credit and debit card numbers...

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Hacking contactless credit cards made easy

US security researchers have demonstrated how easy it might be for crooks to read sensitive personal information from RFID-based credit and debit cards.

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The ATM in the Church Lobby

Is that an ATM in the church lobby? Credit and debit card swipe machines in churches may startle some of the pious, but such kiosks, already present in some houses of worship, might become even more commonplace now that a new IRS regulation is in effect.

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Apple Debits Money From the Wrong Account, Now You Can't Pay Your Mortgage

Julie would really like to pay her mortgage, but she can't. Why not? Because when she tried to help her son buy a MacBook, Apple decided to debit $1517.27 from her account without permission. When she called to tell them they'd pulled the money from the wrong card, causing her account to over draft, they apologized, but then debited another $186...

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Man who claims FBI is after him puts entire life online

"Elahi has documented nearly every waking hour of his life during that time. He posts copies of every debit card transaction, so you can see what he bought, where, and when. A GPS device in his pocket reports his real-time physical location on a map ."If he really feels threatened he may feel the need to make parts of his life available in the public domain so that if something happens to him someone will notice and look into it. Covering your own ass isn't really a sign of insanity. The article says that he's doing it to show that he has nothing to hide, after the gov't put him on a terrorist watch list. Who knows... if that is what he feels is the right thing to do then so be it, he's not hurting anyone.

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Paypal announces FREE 'Virtual Debit Card' - throwaway online credit cards

Those of you that are jealous of the Visa throwaway credit card that creates a new unique one-time use number for your online transactions can stop worrying, anyone can now get on the fun! Paypal will offer this service FREE to all users once it leaves beta, meaning you'll have alot less headache worrying about credit card theft and security.

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Police: How to keep debit and credit cards safe

"No matter how secure you attempt to make your payment card there are criminals who will continue to attempt to develop ways to take advantage of the system. However, debit and credit cards are still a safer means to making payment, when carrying cash is the alternative."

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Monopoly replaces cash with Visa debit card

Say goodbye to the rainbow-colored monopoly money of yore.

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